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Yes.  If each of you is entitled to to credit for half of the income tax withheld on those wages, then if you had $10,000 of tax withheld, and your spouse had $5,000 of tax withheld, you would each get credit on your tax return for $7,500 - one half of the combined $15,000 tax withheld.  So yes, you have to adjust your tax withholding.  Under IRS rules, you must report half of all community income (like W-2 wages) and half of the total withholding on your individual return, requiring a manual adjustment via Form 8958. 

@rflores511 wrote: is this a feature of TT online premium only.  dont see it in TT download premier.  thanks.  @rflores511    It's not clear what feature you are asking about. Here are step by step instructions for TurboTax Download Premier. The steps will vary if you have already entered other investment sales.   Click the Federal Taxes tab. Click Wages & Income. Click I'll choose what I work on. Scroll down to Investment Income. Click Start or Update to the right of Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Other. Did you have investment income in 2025? - Click Yes. Click Add investments. At the screen "Let Us Enter Your Bank and Brokerage Tax Documents," at the very bottom of the screen click Skip Import. At the screen "OK, let's start with one investment type," select Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds. Click Continue. At the screen Which bank or brokerage is on your 1099-B, enter any name you like for the Bank or brokerage. (See my earlier reply above.) Click Continue. Do these sales include any employee stock, click No. Do you have more than three sales on your 1099-B, click No. Do these sales include any other types of investments, click No. Did you buy every investment listed on your 1099-B, click Yes. Click Continue. At the screen Now, choose how to enter your sales, select One by one. Click Continue. At the screen Look for your sales on your 1099-B, click Continue. At the screen "Now, enter one sale on your 1099-B," for the Sales section select "Short-term did not receive 1099-B form" or "Long-term did not receive 1099-B form" as appropriate. Enter the information about the sale. Click Continue. Repeat if necessary by clicking Add another sale. Click Continue.  

Probably not.  According to the IRS non-resident aliens are generally not required to file an FBAR (FinCEN Form 114) because it only applies to "U.S. persons". A U.S. person is defined as a citizen, resident alien, or entity. Non-residents only need to file if they become a resident alien for tax purposes, such as passing the Substantial Presence Test.   Non-resident aliens (including those on F, J, M or Q visas) are generally exempt from FBAR filing.

North Carolina's Tag & Tax Together program requires you to pay the ad valorem (property) tax and the registration fee at the same time.  The registration fee is $38.75 and is not tax deductible.  The property tax assessed by the county and based on the vehicle's value is deductible as an itemized deduction on your federal tax return.  The Highway Use Tax (HUT)  which is assessed whenever vehicle registration is transferred is not deductible as it is not an annual tax based on the vehicle value.   I don't know why N.C is not included in the list of states in TurboTax.